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“Leave Nigeria If You Have Another Country You Can Go To” – Buhari Says

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said any Nigeria who has another country to relocate to is free to do so.
On his part, he said he would stay back to solve the nation’s position.
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President spoke while addressing Niger
Delta stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“We are determined to make life comfortable and affordable to all
Nigerians. If anybody has a country to go to, let him go, we will stay
here and salvage our country,” Shehu quoted the President as saying.
Buhari was said to have told the leaders of the Niger Delta that they
had more to do than anyone else to bring peace to the region, given the
influence they have on militant groups.
He expressed the determination of his administration to stay focused
on its key campaign promises of securing the country, fighting
corruption and creating jobs through the improvement of the economy.
He said peace, security, investment and prosperity are linked
together, adding that “if we give peace a chance, investors will come
here to invest. Nobody will invest in an insecure environment.”
Buhari said the problems his administration found on the ground were
many, as illustrated in collapse of oil prices, inability of 27 of the
36 states to pay salaries, absence of savings to fall back and having to
deal with an elite who didn’t seem to care.
All these, he said, made his government to conclude that, “life as usual is no longer affordable.”
In welcoming the 16-point request presented for negotiation by the
Niger Delta leaders, Buhari said he was still expecting reports from
officials he had instructed to review the implementation of the Amnesty
programme to determine where government fell short so that amends can be
made.
The President said the service chiefs were putting together their own
assessment of the militancy situation, saying “when I have these
reports, including this one (just presented), we will revisit the
situation (in the region) to ensure that we succeed this time.”
The President who delivered his report card on the war against
corruption and the efforts to secure the country repeated his call to
the Niger Delta leaders to join the administration in bringing peace to
the troubled region.